Symbiosis : Sustainable Design + Consulting, is a leading, innovative, high performance design, architectural engineering, research, and consulting firm, developing projects with throughout the world.
This blog is meant as a forum for discussion, and stimulus for generating research, about innovative methods to improve the performance of building environments. Significant events of the company will also be posted to keep readers informed of the progress of the company

Building developments can be
significantly more sustainable than those that are currently being developed. Moreover,
building developments can play a significant role in developing sustainable
communities, as well as resolving the negative global ecological impacts that
human communities have on natural ecosystems that are endangering the ability
of human communities to survive and thrive in the coming century. However, more innovative and rigorous design solutions are needed to achieve these goals.

About Me

Giancarlo Mangone, PhD, M. Arch, is currently principal of Symbiosis: Sustainable Design + Consulting, and Director of the Ecologically Positive Community [EPC] design research lab. Dr. Mangone’s research and work is focused on investigating the maximum ecological performance potential (sustainability) of buildings, landscapes, and communities. Dr. Mangone has generated innovative, highly effective sustainable design solutions that demonstrate that effective sustainable design can also generate social and economic benefits to communities and building owners, including ecologically positive communities, hybrid infrastructures, and microforests. As principal of Symbiosis, he has applied his research to award-winning projects throughout the world, including the US, Latin America, Europe, China, and Africa. Dr. Mangone regularly collaborates with innovative design, engineering, and development firms, such as Ken Yeang, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, William McDonough&Partners, and Mecanoo Architecten, and research centers and communities throughout the world, including ECOSUR in Mexico, CEN in Nicaragua, and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism.